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W. H; REDINGTON.

MUOILAGE BOTTLE.

No. 336,945. Patented Mar. 2, 1886.

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MUClLAGE-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,945, dated March 2, 1886.

Application filed December 29, 1885. Serial No. 186,973. (No model.)

To [055 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WI LIAM H. REDING- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mncilage-Bottles,

of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my improvement in mucilage-bottles; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional IO view of the top of the mucilage-bottle with the sponge removed; Fig.3, a plan view of such top; and Fig. 4, a plan view of the key for use in attaching the parts together.

A is the mucilage bottle; B, the top of the same; 0, the sponge; D, a toothed flange on the interior of the top; E, a ring forcompressing and holding the sponge in place, and F a key for screwing such ring into position.

In making my improvement in mucilage- 2o bottles,l make the top or cap, which contains the sponge through which themucilage is distributed, with a toothed flange around its inner side. This flange inclines downward, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to form an incline or cup to catch any mu-cilage that otherwise would run from the sponge down the sides of the bottle. The lower interior portion of the top or cap is provided with screw-threads, to enable it to be screwed onto the glass neck of the bottle, which, of course, is provided with corresponding threads to receive it. Iextend these screw-threads up to about the toothed flange, and provide a ring with a hole in its middle to permit the passage of the mucilage,

5 and with a thread to enable it to be screwed onto the neck of the bottle. In screwing this ring into position I use a key like thatshown in Fig. 4, provided with projections which are inserted into holes in the ring, thus en abling it to be screwed into place. The posi- 0 tion of the parts will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

In using my improvement I take the top, prepared as above described, and squeeze the lower end of the piece of sponge, properly 5 shaped,through the hole of the toothed flange in the top until as much of its lower end is below such flange as desirable. I then take the ring above mentioned and screw it up into the top or cap until it presses the sponge between it and thelo wer side of the toothed flange enough to prevent the withdrawal or distribution of the sponge. After the sponge is in place and the ring screwed up against its lower side, so as to hold it securely in place, I 5 screw the cap onto the neck of the mucilagebottle, when the same is ready for use.

'What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cap or top for mucilage-bottles, the combination of an interior-toothed spongeholding flange and a spongecompressing and holding ring. substantially as described.

2. In a cap or top for mucilage-bottles, the combination of an interior-toothed spongeholding flange, a distributing-sponge, and a sponge compressing and holding ring, whereby the lower end of the sponge is heldagainst the toothed flange, substantially as described.

WILLIAM H. REDINGTON.

\Vitnesscs:

EPHRAIM BANNING, THOMAS A. BANNING. 

